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The New Generation

“Everything really depends on how well you use your lifetime…” - (Bl. Frances Schervier)

The sentence holds simple words, with profound meaning. The next generation might even tell us that this sentence reflects what matters most for them: to be real, to be relevant to the world that encircles their lives, to be in relationship based on love and to be willing to offer a radical response to all of life.

In a world society where life commitments are tested and constantly questioned, fifteen young women boldly said a profound “yes” to God -- with their very lives. These women are teachers, social workers, therapists, pastoral ministers and doctors from Italy, Brazil and Senegal.

Marian Pilgrimage

For the 129th time, the Church’s family of God in Senegal, made a Pilgrimage of Faith and Penitence on the hills of Our Lady of the Deliverance in Poponguine. The occasion was in remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the visit of St. Pope...

Praise to the God of Life

After an eleven year journey with the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, the day of my Perpetual Vows finally arrived: a day of thanksgiving in which I fully surrendered to God’s Will. God came to greet me with the rising sun. I woke to the joyful...

Here is my bread…

On September 3, 2016 a small sprout popped out of the ground, grown from a seed sown in fertile ground. It was the day I began my novitiate, and it was marked by great gratitude for what God generously gave to my life. I was...

On the Path of God...with gratitude

On May 30 in Vermicino, two young women said “yes” to God: Carmen and Roberta. Roberta entered the Novitiate and Carmen the Pre-Novitiate. Their faith and trust in God helps our religious Family continue to spread the culture of...

A Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Mother Frances

"The central image of a poor person breaking bread,” Roberta, a novice, tells us, “is, for me, an invitation to seek Jesus in the weakest, most abandoned and marginalized people. I feel it as a daily, beautiful way to see His face in a brother...

Returning to God the gift of life

"I felt a burning desire to love our Lord and serve him..." - Blessed Frances Schervier - The years between 2002 and 2014 gave me time to think about making my definitive "yes" to God's call as a Franciscan Sister of the Poor. The journey to my...

Nothing to take for granted

My name is Francesca and I come from a small town in the province of Cosenza. I met the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor through the Step by Step program, which I first attended in May 2014. At the end of last October I came to the Youth Center...

October 4, 2014: Irruption of God

Géneviève Ndecky, Pélagie Ilboudo and Jacqueline Flavienne Sane entered house of formation of Keur Falls, Dakar on the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. On that same feast day, Véronique Thioune entered the prenovitiate.

"Wake up the World"

"Soul, be strong! Persevere, be faithful! Bear fruit, wake up the world!" A Meeting of International Young Consecrated Persons called “Wake Up the World” was held in Rome from September 15 to 19 2015 – a highly anticipated event.

Temporary Vows Renewal in Senegal

The Young Professed of Senegal Area met with Sr. Marie Augustine NDIONE (CCA of Senegal) at the monastery of Keur Moussa for a retreat from October 8 to October 10, 2014 to prepare themselves for the renewal of their vows.